Syndexios
Theodorus
Scrutator of the customs of the Poetovio station, Theodorus erected an altar to Mithras following a vision.
Mithraeum I of Ptuj, general view
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Altar from Ptuj (left side)
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Biography of Theodorus
- Theodorus was a brother of the Mithraeum I of Ptuj.
- Active c. 2nd century in Poetovio, Pannonia superior (Pannonia).
Mentions
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
This altar from Ptuj, present-day Poetovio, is decorated with various Mithraic animals such as a tortoise, a cock and a crow and other objects.
Invict(o) Mithrae / et Transitu dei / Theodorus p(ublici) p(ortorii) / scrut(ator) stat(ionis) Poet(ovionensis) / ex visu.
To the invincible Mithras and for the passage (transitus) of the god, Theodorus, scrutator of the customs of the Poetovio station, following a vision.